CDA — Verticillium dahliae

Summary

VDAG_05660 (CDA) in Verticillium dahliae encodes a protein with chitin deacetylase activity, also possessing hydrolase activity acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, chitin binding, and zinc/metal binding. It contains a NODB domain and a glycosyl hydrolase/deacetylase beta/alpha-barrel domain. The gene is associated with chitin breakdown, polysaccharide breakdown, carbohydrate metabolism, fungal-type cell wall biogenesis, cell wall organization, and immune evasion. The encoded product localizes to the fungal-type cell wall, plasma membrane, extracellular region, and side of membrane. Related genes in other species are linked to reduced virulence and turgor pressure.